Hall of Fame promoter Don King has been mixing and matching title fights and suddenly found himself with too many fights. So he has decided to split them off into two separate boxing events on November 4 and December 2 at the Casino Miami Jai Alai.
“It’s going to be a November and December to remember,” said King. “I want to thank owner Phil Ruffin and general manager Daniel Licciardi for their support in allowing us to have two super nights of boxing at their Casino Miami Jai Alai. The Only in America 92 Celebration” extravaganza will be like no other and it will encompass two exciting nights of championship boxing.”
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The November 4 card will have three co-feature title fights headlined by the 12-round battle for the vacant WBC cruiserweight title between #1 Noel Mikaelian (26-2, 11 KOs) and #2-rated former champion Ilunga Makabu (29-3, 25 KOs). Makabu, who lost his title to Badou Jack, is hoping to regain his belt after Jack relinquished the title.
Other bouts feature heavyweight Jonathan Guidry (19-1-2, 11 KOs) against Jesus Escalera (19-0, 19 KOs), and former WBA champion Trevor Bryan (22-1, 15 KOs) against Cassius Chaney (22-1, 15 KOs).
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The December 2 card will feature welterweight Adrien “The Problem” Broner (35-4-1, 24 KOs), a four-time world champion in four weight divisions, continues his return against Chris Howard (18-2-1, 8 KOs) for the “People’s Championship.” Broner will dedicate this fight to his late trainer and mentor Mike Stafford, who passed away at the age of 67 in September.
In the co-feature, WBA Continental America’s middleweight champion Ian Green (17-2, 11 KOs) defends his title against an opponent to be named.
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Bernie, I agree.
I did not know that Mike Stafford had passed. Rest easy!
Very happy to see Boxing around the holidays.
Seems like a good competitive card of Heavyweights. King has a legacy of loading Boxing cards with high profile fights. He doesn’t have the top fighters he used to have but still getting shows done at 92. You gotta salute King’s commitment to Boxing.
Don King put together quite a few memorable boxing events, some of his cards are legendary and included more than one historical fight on the same card. Like him or not he had a major impact on today’s boxing landscape, good and bad.
Agreed
Never heard of Howard and don’t you have to dethrone the Rock to become the peoples champion
King is in his 90’s and still at it. He’s hustling so hard has 2 fight cards. Gotta respect his hustle especially when he doesn’t have to.
“Only in America”…reigns true….have to respect that…
Badu Jack shoulda stayed with Mayweather. His career choices sent the split are all over the place. Becoming Cruiserweight champ was great, Bu instead of unifying, he gives it up to go for the Bridger weight belt?????
I wonder what Broner is making as these are really small shows. Not on major TV and the turnstiles are not experiencing a lot of traffic?!
Will Jesus Escalera be the next heavyweight champion of the world?
The first Don King Production I attended was Gerrie Coetzee vs. Michael Dokes which was 40 years ago last month. Great fight & a lot of good talent, such as Tim Witherspoon & Azumah Nelson, on the 10-bout card!
These days Don King loves promoting over the hill or mediocre heavyweights.Has anyone seen Jesus Escalara?I think he has a day job as an oil barrel!
Damn, king double O still in the game after 100 years!
Yeah, still screwing people!!!